I had to do it!

[cpierce]

Now I know that insanity runs in my family. I had to try this and it works.

I put this together a couple of days ago and was waiting for better weather to test things out. Finally I got desperate and went this morning before too much wind comes up. It is 25 degrees, the wind is blowing, and a light dusting of snow is falling, and I go out in a float tube. At least I wasn't crazy enough to have even thought about fishing. I was only there for about 20 min and my hands were frozen. [inline "PICT1901 Standard e-mail view.jpg"]

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The lake is kicking up a bit, and the white stuff is slush and foam. The clouds aren't even promising anything but snow.

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Here is my FishCat 4 with a 24 MinnKota and a deep cycle battery. In the water with me in the tube it ran pretty nice and level and pulled me quickly out against the wind and back. I will put the battery in a box and set it on some styrofoam. It is actually quite nice and a lot of fun.

I would probably recommend a smaller battery. I looked at some nice electric wheelchair gel cells that are about 35 to 40 amp hours and only weight about 25 to 30 pounds. I think they would probably last ok with this small of a motor. But it works great with what I have now.
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